Etymology
From con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).
Verb
cōnsentiō (present infinitive cōnsentīre, perfect active cōnsēnsī, supine cōnsēnsum); fourth conjugation
- to agree, accord, harmonize
- Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, cōnstō, pangō
- Antonyms: dissideo, dissentio, vario, recuso, discordō, abhorreō
- to unite upon
- to plot or conspire
- to assent to, to consent to do something specific
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Tobiae.3.18:
- virum autem cum timore tuo non libidine mea consensi suscipere
- But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.
Caelius Aurelianus and Mustio,
Gynaecia 2.64:
- nec in venerem ruat ita ut mente etiam conpati videatur, set usum sui prebens animo non consentiente misceatur.
- She should not rush into sexual activity in such a way that she still appears to be mentally suffering, and though offering herself, copulates disagreeably
Conjugation
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References
- “consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to agree with a person: consentire, idem sentire cum aliquo
- all agree on this point: omnes (uno ore) in hac re consentiunt